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Juniors - Week 3
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Askew | adj. To one side; crooked; awry; sidelong look of contempt |
| Aspire | v. to seek, attain, or achieve a goal |
| Assuage | v. to soothe; to make less severe; to satisfy, ease, lessen |
| Astute | adj. Quick in discernment; shrewd; clever, keen |
| Asunder | adj. In separate parts; apart from each other in position |
| Atrophy | v. to wither away |
| Atypical | adj. Not typical; abnormal |
| Austere | adj. Stern, as in manner; without excess, unadorned, severely simple and plain |
| Badger | v. to tease, annoy, harass persistently |
| Ballistics | n. The study of the dynamics or flight characteristics of projectiles 2. [ballistic] Adj. relating to projectiles or their flight |
| Balm | n. Something that heals or comforts; soothing; an oil or ointment. Other forms: balmy (adj) |
| Beget | v. to give birth to; to create |
| Bereave | v. to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death; to deprive by force |
| Beset | v. to harass; to surround |
| Anaphora | Emphasizing words by repeating them at the beginning of two or more phrases. |
| Anecdote | A short tale narrating an interesting or amusing biographical incident |
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jstath
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